Stop discriminating against mixed-use: Lending rules from HUD, FHA and Fannie and Freddie impede mixed-use development by limiting rented residential or commercial space in buildings. Fixing that rule would help economic recovery. (Forbes)

Union Square still recordable: Union Square will remain open for filming and photos, despite a change of control from the National Park Service to the Architect of the Capitol. (City Paper)

DC won't limit your photography: DCRA wants to narrow photography regulations to only regulate those taking pictures on the street to sell immediately to people, not journalists or artistic photographers. Also, for some reason, the regulated street photographers are forbidden from taking blurry photos. (Post)

The FederalExpressway?: Virginia may sell naming rights to its infrastructure for highway maintenance money, under a proposal by Governor McDonnell. Virginia would join Chicago and Philadelphia by allowing such sales. (WBJ)

Reforming food truck rules: Food trucks will be allowed to idle without customers as long as they obey parking laws, freeing them from fines under the current rule. Mayor Gray wants to implement this and other changes to DC's food truck rules. (Examiner)

Gingrich is not the only one with a prejudice against renters. Opposition to rental apartments has been expressed in neighborhood meetings in Wards 2 and 8, and most new housing developments in D.C. have been condos.

Condo lovers, or those considering moving into a condo, should read a recent commentary in The Washington Post. ("Airing Out a Fiery Issue", January 21, 2012, p. E1)

As a former resident of Old Town College Park, I sympathize with the residents' and city council's opposition to the building. I can't imagine such a large structure sitting amid the one- and two-story buildings that front Route 1.

Enough is enough! College Park and neighboring cities should join together to secede from Prince George's County.

@ The Civic Center-We should secede, only not b/c they approved density in an area that's going to get more dense, but b/c they piss away our tax dollars with far flung infrastructure investment that will never have a positive return on investment. I can think of only a few things that PG does for me that Mt. Rainier cannot or does not. My basic services are taken care of by my city who do a far better job than the county and are much more responsive to resident needs.

Gingrich's prejudice against renters is just another subtle dog whistle to his core supporters. Of course, when you look at economics and the benefits of having a more mobile population that can respond to varying economic conditions in different regions of the country, it's a reminder of how hollow his analysis of this issue is. I wonder if he'll bill Fannie and Fredie for this work too, @ 30k an hour.

@The Civic Center - Most of Route 1 is set for a significant upscaling under the Route 1 sector plan. It's going to come in bits and pieces over time, but it's going to come. The other sites adjacent to it on Baltimore Ave. will grow to fit it nicely. The biggest complaints I've heard over the book exchange that 1) it doesn't blend back into Old Town very well and 2) the developer is a dick.

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